Advent Resources for December

December is such an exciting month!

We love the anticipation that comes along with the days leading up to Christmas, and in this post, I want to share our favorite Advent resources and activities for kids. Family favorites that we are excited to enjoy throughout the month of December.

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The first thing we do when the calendar rolls from November to December?

We wrap about twenty books, placing them under the tree, with the plan to unwrap and read one or two each night before bed.

Our stack currently includes lots of preschool-friendly books for the girls, and my boys love being the ones to get to read these books to their sisters.

Sure, we have holiday books in other areas throughout the house: in a basket in our family room, in the reading area in our homeschool room, but in the days leading up to Christmas, these presents help to make our family time in the evenings extra special.

Some families who also do this tradition wrap 24 or 25 books and read one together every night leading up to Christmas, but for us, there are usually a handful of holiday evenings when we’re arriving home late and unable to do our reading time together.

So for that reason, 20 books seems to be a better fit for us – definitely takes a little pressure off, keeping this a doable advent activity for our family.

Another tip? If you have older kids, enlist them to do the wrapping!

This Advent Storybook has been a good option now that we have older kids in the house.

We have enjoyed reading these over breakfast in the mornings – during Morning Time.

The Giving Manger is another sweet tradition that helps to set the tone for the month of December.

It encourages our family to look around us for those we can serve throughout the season.

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All throughout the month of December, you will find us listening to the Adventures in Odyssey Advent Collection

and following along with Crew & Co.’s Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Cards.

Each December, these cards guide us – day-by-day, story-by-story – through God’s plan for the Savior of the World to come and rescue His people.

Sometimes we do these readings at bedtime – along with the books we unwrap and read – but this year, I’m thinking about doing this at the breakfast table.